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Arts institution fact-check checklist for grants
Check a grant claim about an arts institution: name the recipient, separate award stages, trace public money, and match the award to the audited accounts.
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Field Desk
First-hand accounts of mag scape, including the parts that did not go to plan.
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How to read arts finance reporting and audience claims
A step-by-step guide to arts finance reporting: match entities and periods, read nonprofit filings and audits, trace grants, and test audience claims.
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Arts institution reporting: a practical framework
A practical framework for arts institution reporting, from mapping an organization and following its finances to assessing audiences, access, and corrections.
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Fictional case: correcting a collaborative mural credit
Mural credit correction case covering contracts, artist and participant roles, captions, authorship claims, partner copies, notices, source logs, and prevention.
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Festival fact-check checklist for arts coverage
A festival fact-check checklist for verifying event identity, program credits, attendance methods, access, consent, images, and corrections in arts coverage.
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Community arts project reporting: how to cover one properly
How to report a community arts project by checking who decided, who was paid, what participants actually controlled, and who owns the finished artwork.
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Festival, subculture, and community arts reporting guide
Community arts reporting guide covering festivals, organizers, artists, participants, consent, schedules, attendance, access, field notes, images, and corrections.
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Historic opening date correction: a fictional case
A fictional historic opening date correction walkthrough: event types, archival hierarchy, conflicting records, captions, timelines, and prevention.
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Public history fact-check checklist for writers and editors
Public history fact-check checklist for archival hierarchy, people, dates, places, record context, oral history, images, ownership, access, gaps, and corrections.
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The archival research method, step by step
Archival research method for framing claims, searching hierarchies, requesting material, logging citations, reading context, resolving conflicts, and stating limits.
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Heritage, archives, and public history reporting guide
A US guide to public history reporting: scope questions, search archives, cite records, check designations, interview carefully, and correct claims.
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Architecture and design verification checklist
Architecture and design checklist for identities, credits, dates, materials, dimensions, drawings, alterations, access, quotations, images, and corrections.
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Sold, Reserved, On Hold: Reading a US Gallery's Sales Claims
Read US gallery sales figures claim by claim: what sold, reserved and on hold mean, how to work out a rate, which consignment terms matter, how to label them.
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How to Verify a Gallery's Exhibition History in the US
A practical guide to verify a gallery's exhibition history in the US using artist records, newspaper and art archives, charity filings, and press records.
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US Museum Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Reporting
A record-based framework for US museum Indigenous land acknowledgement reporting, separating the statement, consultation, NAGPRA, funding, and provenance.
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US Tribal Museum Land Acknowledgement: What to Ask
US tribal museum land acknowledgement reporting starts with the host nation, who approved the wording, its date, and where to find the authoritative text.
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Art Fair Press Accreditation: A Pre-Application Guide
Art fair press accreditation starts with an outlet, an assignment letter, and live clips. Here is what US fairs check before they issue a press badge.
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How to analyze a building or designed object
How to analyze a building or designed object by fixing its identity, observing form and joins, testing use, and separating observation from inference.
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Architecture and craft reporting: a source-checking method
Report architecture and craft from the record: read drawings against photographs, credit the labor behind the work and name a technique only once confirmed.
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Fictional case: correcting an understudy credit
Understudy credit correction case covering cast verification, performance records, revised acting analysis, updated captions, syndication, and future checks.
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Performing arts reporting fact-check checklist
Performing arts checklist for productions, dates, casts, credits, movement, text, design, access, archives, rights, conflicts, quotations, and corrections.
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How Do Canadian Artist-Run Centres Differ from Commercial Galleries?
Artist-run centres vs commercial galleries in Canada: who funds them, who pays CARFAC fees, and where each model works best for an artist seeking fair pay.
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How to Report US Arts Fellowships' Coastal Cities Bias
US arts fellowships coastal cities bias leaves most states short. A solo reporter can map the gap from public data before funding a full audit.
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Canada Council Project Grant Arts Writer: What to Prepare
Canada Council project grant arts writer prep: choose Research and Creation, confirm eligibility, prepare a CV, writing sample, referees, and a budget.
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Canadian Public Art Indigenous Consultation Policy in BC
Canadian public art Indigenous consultation policy in BC: what DRIPA sections 3 to 5, the BC Arts Council and Vancouver's 2019 Public Art Policy require.
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5 Questions to Ask a US Gallery Owner About Sales Figures
Questions gallery owner sales figures: five direct questions, how to read sell-through rate, and what gross revenue cannot tell you about actual profit.
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How to Review an Artist’s Retrospective When You Can’t See Every Work
How to review an artist's retrospective without seeing everything. State what you saw, use the checklist for gaps, and stop before the workaround becomes fiction.
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Does UK arts funding reach the regions? Arts Council England and the levelling up agenda
Arts Council England levelling up: how NPO data by region moves public arts money, with named examples and the limits of the published figures.
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Covering the arts in North West England and Yorkshire: a critic's guide
Covering the arts in North West England and Yorkshire means reading two funding maps, two audience profiles and two very different exhibition calendars.
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Glasgow visual arts funding: a guide for critics
A critic's guide to Glasgow visual arts funding, Creative Scotland schemes, Glasgow venues, public accounts and the documents and checks behind funded shows.
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Welsh-language arts coverage, S4C, Welsh National Opera and bilingual criticism
Welsh-language arts coverage runs through S4C commissions, Welsh National Opera tours and bilingual reviews, with charity filings and ONS data behind it.
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How to write a dance or performance review
Dance review method for logging the event, observing movement and space, finding structure, crediting collaborators, researching context, and editing judgment.
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Theater and performance reporting guide: a working method for critics
A working method for theater and live performance criticism: build the performance record, observe in layers, verify credits, report access as experience, and correct errors in public.
Features
Wrong translation correction: a newsroom workflow
Wrong translation correction: a newsroom workflow for verifying editions, reassessing literary analysis, publishing a clear note, and preventing repeat errors.
Features
Fictional case: correcting a producer credit
Producer credit correction case covering master-specific records, conflicting metadata, responsible responses, revised analysis, and a clear public note.
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Fictional case: an exhibition loan is withdrawn
Fictional museum case showing how to report a withdrawn exhibition loan, revise the display description, seek responses, label uncertainty, and publish an update.
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Case study: correcting a fictional exhibition attribution story
Fictional arts reporting case tracing an overstated attribution and incomplete provenance through evidence review, correction, follow-up, and workflow repair.
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How to write arts criticism and reviews: a practical guide
This guide explains how to write arts criticism and reviews: defining the assignment, reporting, building an argument, interviewing, disclosure, and fact-checking.
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Arts reporting and criticism prepublication checklist
Arts reporting checklist for assignment form, firsthand access, observation, object records, interviews, attribution, conflicts, rights, facts, and corrections.
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Book reporting checklist: quotations, formats and fair use
Check book quotations before publication: match the copy reviewed, fit the locator to print, ebook or audio, quote only what is needed and clear images.
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Books and literary culture reporting: a practical guide
A practical guide to books and literary culture reporting, from edition records and interviews to prizes, archives, quotations, ethics and corrections.
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Exhibition reporting and fact-check checklist
Exhibition reporting checklist for titles, dates, object records, attributions, loans, labels, quotations, access, images, conflicts, and post-publication updates.
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Film and television criticism: a practical guide
A working guide to reviewing film and television teaches you to pin the exact version you saw, read form and performance, and correct errors in public.
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Film and television review fact-check checklist
Film and television review checklist for versions, episodes, plot facts, quotations, credits, craft claims, captions, spoilers, access conditions, and corrections.
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Museum and exhibition reporting: a field guide
Museum exhibition reporting needs visit notes, label checks, loan records, wall text photos and access facts before any review reaches print.
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Music reporting and criticism: a practical guide
Music reporting and criticism: review recordings and concerts, verify credits, charts and rights, and correct errors with practical steps and named sources.
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Music reporting and review fact-check checklist
Music reporting checklist for releases, tracks, credits, performances, set lists, quotations, charts, rights, samples, images, conflicts, access, and corrections.
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How to report a museum visit step by step
Museum visit reporting method for planning a route, taking object and label notes, testing curatorial claims, assessing access, and writing a precise story.
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How to write an art exhibition review from firsthand observation
Art exhibition review method for firsthand observation, object research, visual evidence, critical criteria, argument structure, and final fact-checking.
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How to write a book review, step by step, without padding
Book review method for identifying the edition, reading actively, choosing passages, analyzing form and argument, researching context, checking quotes, and editing.
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How to write a concert review step by step
How to prepare, log the set, judge sound against performance, verify credits, and report a concert review fairly with a repeatable writing workflow.
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How to write a film or television review step by step
A screen review method for logging the version, watching for turning points, analyzing decisive scenes, testing a thesis, and checking credits.